State, local and federal officials announced an agreement on Tuesday to hasten the clean-up of industrial pollution that's plagued Milwaukee's waterways for decades.

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The city of Milwaukee and Menomonee Valley Partners have issued a request for proposals to design the recently proposed Menomonee Valley Riverwalk.

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A Milwaukee scientist who has found sewage migrating from old pipes through soil and into the storm-water lines that drain to lakes or streams says the problem is likely to elsewhere.

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The Hank Aaron State Trail is in line for a new sculpture.

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The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District will manage a $100,000 federal grant to create a storm water permit pilot program that will streamline permitting for up to 28 municipalities.

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By James Briggs Two or three times a week, Johnny Taylor, a retired 65-year-old Milwaukee man, will stretch his black socks as high up his calf as they’ll go, toss on a T-shirt, shorts and a pair of brown sandals, ...

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By David Ziemer The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Milwaukee property owner assessed the costs of removing a sunken barge from the Menomonee River. At issue is the doctrine of “judicial estoppel,” which provides ...

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Saying the owner of a sunken barge in Milwaukee was a “textbook example of a litigant playing fast and loose with the judicial system,” an appellate court judge Tuesday upheld more than $37,000 in environmental penalties. The case stems from ...

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Menomonee Valley Partners, the Department of Natural Resources, the state Department of Transportation, the city of Milwaukee, and the Urban Ecology Center will host a public meeting to show off the designs being developed for new trails, park, bridges, and ...

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